Day: January 4, 2015

It’s become abundantly clear that Brandon Knight isn’t a point guard. Well, he is, but not the kind you want running the team and distributing the ball. It’s not unusual these days for teams to trot out an undersized SG at point, there are a bunch of players who everyone jacks off who fit this…

Uploading highlights of European players is always guaranteed views. Jusuf Nurkic? Tens of thousands. Jonas Valanciunas? Same. Donatas Motiejunas, Mirza Teletovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jan Vesely (RIP in Peace), these guys drive tons of traffic to my channel. All except for Zaza Pachulia. Nobody gives a damn about this guy, not even in his home country…

Giannis was unsure how much time had passed, or, indeed, whether any time had passed at all. They had reached the base of the mountain, and from this vantage point, it seemed utterly unscalable. Sheer vertical faces of smooth rock stretched hundreds of feet into the air, and the parts of it that weren’t flat…

Does anyone else get reminded of LeBron James when they watch James Johnson? Obviously LeBron is way better and way more skilled, but their games resemble each other. They both are bulls when it comes to attacking the basket, and they rack up counting stats in similar ways. The tomahawk dunk that Johnson had tonight?…

It was television time once again in the Valanciunas apartment. Taking up his usual spot on the couch with his cat, Arvydas, purring happily next to him, he enswathed himself in blankets and cracked open the first beer. ESPN was playing on the TV; he hoped to catch some highlights of the NFL playoff games…

Archie Goodwin scored 29 points in the season finale last year, causing an offseason of unreasonable expectations. He barely got to play that year, and the last game of the season is the worst one for judging the actual quality of players. He barely got to play his rookie year, as the youngest player in…

Forget about my “Upside” nickname for Hassan Whiteside. It’s still good, but it has been supplanted by an even better one, one that I can’t even take credit for. “Brightside” Damn. Perfect! Because the Heat are kind of disappointing right now, and aside from Wade and Bosh the only bright side of watching Heat games…